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Shade of Grey is an
independent film written and directed by Jakob Bilinski. The film
follows several seemingly unrelated dramas that unfold within the four
walls of a motel room over a several year period of time. Although
the film takes place mainly in one room of a motel and is predominantly
an artsy, dialog driven drama, there is a fair amount of action in the
film as well. The production quality is considerably more
professional than Bilinski's 2006 effort Foxxy
Madonna vs The Black Death (and Foxxy Madonna was already above
average quality). The idea is simple: are the people who stay in
the same hotel room over the years somehow connected? As the story
progresses, the answer to that simple question becomes
interestingly complex.

Bilinski used many actors
that have worked with him before and I'm sure that helped to make some
of the heavy dramatic scenes easier to create. Most of the acting
was good all around and although none of the actors stood out as being
amazing, all of the performances were well above average for an
independent film.

The audio was much higher quality than most films of this budget. The
filming and editing were both very well done. My only complaint
about the editing is that some scenes felt unnecessarily long. I
wouldn't be surprised if I found out that the filmmakers had wanted the
film to be a specific length even before they started editing. The
movie still works, but I think the pacing would have been better if some
of the scenes were cut down some. Although there were several sex
scenes, there was no nudity. I hadn't expected any blood or gore, so when it did show up in the
movie, I was pleasantly surprised that not only did the film include
gore, but the gore was well done for a film of this low budget.

In conclusion, I would
say that with Shade of Grey, Jakob Bilinski has taken several
steps forward in the quality of his filmmaking and at this rate, it
wouldn't surprise me at all if you started hearing his name more
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